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I.Hate.Being.Sick

Marathon training came to a halt as of Tuesday afternoon. Grrr! At least I got a run in early Tuesday morning. After work yesterday, I had a pre-run snack of 1/2 c. yogurt + 1/2 c. kashi pilaf and an apple, but then I realized I had negative energy to run. So, instead, I crawled into bed and began reading articles about running while sick. Just wanted to see if I should try to push through and run last night. I kicked down the persistent perfectionist in me, and opted out of running or any other kind of workout. It was hard mentally, but I tried to believe my body would thank me today.

A couple hours later, I had some sausage veggie soup for dinner. I followed that with a banana yogurt, almond butter mash. Oh so good! And then another apple. I woke up around 11:30pm and 1/2 cup of greek yogurt! It was good.

I contemplated not eating dinner and snacks and just going to sleep last night (with the help of some contact PM), but I knew my appetite would not be happy. I ended up eating probably 1800 calories yesterday, despite not working out, but 550 of them were actually ‘very early morning-not necessarily remembered or enjoyed calories’ so I’ll accept that my ill body needed the energy to fight off these germs.

This morning I had a very random breakfast – a buttload of mushrooms(topped with dijon), big old apple, 1/2 c. greek yogurt, and a 1/2 T. almond butter. And the obligatory mug of coffee. Don’t judge.